Rice High School

The SAEP Scholarship is a renewable scholarship for high school students graduating from one of the SAEP partner high schools and planning to enroll or currently attending a SAEP partner college or university. SAEP Advisors at each high school are available to guide students through the application process and ensure they meet the eligibility criteria.SAEP Scholarship EligibilityEligibility for the SAEP...

Each Spring, the George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation awards seventy (70) scholarships to Houston area high school seniors for undergraduate study. The award is $25,000, disbursed over four years (or until the student graduates, if earlier), provided the recipient conforms to the requirements set forth in the award. The recipient may select any major at any four-year college or...

Dedicated to providing opportunities to students who otherwise may not have a chance to earn a baccalaureate degree, the Smith-Hutson Scholarship Program is targeted toward individuals who have demonstrated Academic Achievement, Leadership Potential, and may have financial limitations preventing access to higher education. The Smith-Hutson Scholarship Program provides educational opportunities for Texas high school graduates pursuing a baccalaureate degree from...

The mission of the Good Samaritan Foundation (GSF) is to promote nursing as a career by providing scholarship funds directly to student nurses for their clinical nursing courses. The foundation’s goal is to alleviate the current severe shortage of nurses in Texas. For most of its existence, the Foundation has concentrated on the support of the nursing profession. This support...

First President of the Texas Federation of Business & Professional Women: Dr. Minnie Lee Maffett (1882-1964) Minnie Lee Maffett spent her entire life serving others. After years teaching and serving as principal of several schools, she graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1914 as a physician and surgeon. She founded and directed Southern Methodist University’s...

Please be sure to read ALL the rules that apply to this essay contest. Double-spaced, footnotes, spell check, etc will be enforced. If you do not follow each of the rules, your essay will be rejected.ELIGIBILITY:Graduating Seniors in any High School may enter. History, Government and English students are particularly encouraged to participate.The authors of the three best essays submitted...